The Digital Fairness Act is coming. E-commerce, SaaS, gaming, and fintech companies serving EU consumers must remove manipulative design practices or face penalties. We help you identify and fix dark patterns before enforcement begins.
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Subscription renewals, urgency timers, hidden fees, misleading product comparisons, forced bundling.
Difficult cancellation flows, feature gating, upgrade pressure, roach motel patterns, forced account creation.
Loot boxes, reward loops, streak mechanics, time-gated content, in-app purchase nudging, engagement traps.
Complex pricing, hidden charges, deceptive opt-outs, misleading risk disclosures, forced upsells.
Addictive infinite scroll, autoplay, notification bombardment, exploitative personalization algorithms.
Fake scarcity (\"2 rooms left!\"), drip pricing, pre-selected costly add-ons, misleading reviews.
The Digital Fairness Act (DFA) is the EU's upcoming regulation targeting manipulative design in digital services. It closes gaps in existing consumer protection law that were written before modern UX psychology and persuasive design became standard practice.
The DFA aims to ban or heavily restrict four categories of exploitative patterns:
Hidden costs, fake urgency, misleading buttons, bait-and-switch, confirmshaming, visual interference.
Infinite scroll, autoplay, loot boxes, reward loops, streak mechanics, and engagement traps.
Exploitative profiling, hyper-nudging, vulnerability targeting, and manipulative algorithmic amplification.
Hidden auto-renewals, difficult cancellation flows, drip pricing, and deceptive subscription terms.
A systematic review aligned with the DFA's expected scope, DSA Article 25, and the Commission's Digital Fairness Fitness Check findings.
Automated and manual review of every user-facing flow: sign-up, purchase, subscription, cancellation, consent, and data-sharing interfaces. We flag patterns against 70+ known dark pattern taxonomies.
Assessment of addictive design elements: infinite scroll, autoplay, reward loops, notification pressure, and engagement mechanics. Special focus on features targeting minors.
Detailed findings mapped to expected DFA requirements, DSA Article 25, UCPD, and GDPR. Includes risk severity scoring, remediation roadmap, and implementation timeline with estimated effort.
Our methodology is built on primary EU sources, not speculation. Every recommendation we make is traceable to official documents.
Official DFA tracking page with timeline, scope, and Commissioner assignment.
Commission's 2024 evidence base documenting gaps in current consumer law.
DFA + Digital Omnibus analysis: clarity or complexity for businesses?
We'll review your digital product against the expected DFA scope, identify high-risk patterns, and deliver a remediation roadmap with clear priorities and timelines.